Cat saves boy from dog attack.

For those of you on facebook you've probably seen this video already.

Roger Triantafilo’s 4-year-old son was playing in his front yard in Southwest Bakersfield, CA, when surveillance cameras captured the following footage. Rogers says, “My cat defends my son during a vicious dog attack and runs the dog off before he can do additional damage. Thankfully, my son is fine!”

What an amazing cat! After running the dog off, this sweet kitty named Tara even came back to the little boy to check on him. Unfortunately, the dog was still hanging around and the little boy’s mother, Erica, was also bitten when she tried to chase the dog away after the attack. The neighbors who own the dog voluntarily had their dog quarantined.

I hope the Triantafilo family is really spoiling Tara now – that is one wonderful kitty!

Warning: this video contains graphic content

Read more at http://www.reshareworthy.com/heroic-cat-saves-4-year-old-boy.

Roger Triantafilo’s 4-year-old son was playing in his front yard in Southwest Bakersfield, CA, when surveillance cameras captured the following footage. Rogers says, “My cat defends my son during a vicious dog attack and runs the dog off before he can do additional damage. Thankfully, my son is fine!”
What an amazing cat! After running the dog off, this sweet kitty named Tara even came back to the little boy to check on him. Unfortunately, the dog was still hanging around and the little boy’s mother, Erica, was also bitten when she tried to chase the dog away after the attack. The neighbors who own the dog voluntarily had their dog quarantined.
I hope the Triantafilo family is really spoiling Tara now – that is one wonderful kitty!
Warning: this video contains graphic content

Read more at http://www.reshareworthy.com/heroic-cat-saves-4-year-old-boy/#uXiYKZflcx0Ll17l.99

Roger Triantafilo’s 4-year-old son was playing in his front yard in Southwest Bakersfield, CA, when surveillance cameras captured the following footage. Rogers says, “My cat defends my son during a vicious dog attack and runs the dog off before he can do additional damage. Thankfully, my son is fine!”
What an amazing cat! After running the dog off, this sweet kitty named Tara even came back to the little boy to check on him. Unfortunately, the dog was still hanging around and the little boy’s mother, Erica, was also bitten when she tried to chase the dog away after the attack. The neighbors who own the dog voluntarily had their dog quarantined.
I hope the Triantafilo family is really spoiling Tara now – that is one wonderful kitty!
Warning: this video contains graphic content

Read more at http://www.reshareworthy.com/heroic-cat-saves-4-year-old-boy/#uXiYKZflcx0Ll17l.99

Roger Triantafilo’s 4-year-old son was playing in his front yard in Southwest Bakersfield, CA, when surveillance cameras captured the following footage. Rogers says, “My cat defends my son during a vicious dog attack and runs the dog off before he can do additional damage. Thankfully, my son is fine!”
What an amazing cat! After running the dog off, this sweet kitty named Tara even came back to the little boy to check on him. Unfortunately, the dog was still hanging around and the little boy’s mother, Erica, was also bitten when she tried to chase the dog away after the attack. The neighbors who own the dog voluntarily had their dog quarantined.
I hope the Triantafilo family is really spoiling Tara now – that is one wonderful kitty!
Warning: this video contains graphic content

Read more at http://www.reshareworthy.com/heroic-cat-saves-4-year-old-boy/#uXiYKZflcx0Ll17l.99

Meet Roman. A Dogue de Bordeaux.

Roman       

Roman is a huge hunk of love, who loves people and other dogs.
His previous family have had to rehome him as they can no longer look after him due to work commitments.
He is great around children, non reactive and can be left on his own without being disruptive.
He loves his walks, his food (he is a little underweight) and adores his sleep!








Roman is a HUGE boy and once he has gained some more weight he will be a stunner, not that he isn't already.

Roman is currently being looked after by K9 Partners, so please contact them for more details on the link below...

Click here for K9 Partners 

Happy Memorial Day.

To all our American friends Happy Memorial Day.

Memorial day marks a very important day in the United States and is observed to honor the soldiers who laid down their lives while in service of the US military. Originally known as 'Decoration Day', the day is observed every year on the last Monday of May and unofficially marks the beginning of summer. Memorial day is a federal holiday that was first enacted to honor the lives of the soldiers of the Civil War but was later extended to include all the soldiers who died while in service of the US army.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-memorial-day.html

“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”

- James A. Garfield
May 30, 1868 Arlington National Cemetery

Everyone who are having barbecues or going to barbecues this weekend be careful of what foods are left lying around, as not all foods are safe to our furry friends. Stay cool and keep safe.

Infographic sourced from The Dogington Post.

Wordless Wednesday (PitBull Blues)

Meet Bailey.

Introducing Bailey. This gorgeous girl is three years old and a very happy Dogue. She's good with other dogs and lived with children. She's a bit strong on her lead so will need some extra training,  once she is fully assessed, neutered, chipped and vaccinated she will be looking for a home. We will bring you more updates soon.

Latest Updates.

Pluto.

When Pluto first came in.

Pluto now.

Look at this happy face!! I'm totally amazed everytime I see pictures of Pluto and his progress! His foster mum is working wonders with him and he clearly adores her, yesterday Pluto went off to the vets for his little op to get him neutered. Sadly for Pluto he is going to lose his tail, he's just far too happy and waggy and keeps opening the wound so the only way to stop that is for the tail to come off. He is doing just amazing though and was weighed at the vets yesterday morning and now weighs 35kg!!! That's a whole 15kg he has gained since coming to us.

Max.

 I'm made up for Max as he's going to live with my friend who already owns a Dogue de Bordeaux and sadly lost one of his other Dogues a few weeks back but made a promise to Amber that they would always have a rescue Dogue in the house so her legacy lives on, so I know he's going to be well cared for and loved.

Aggie.

Fabulous news for Aggie, she has found an amazing new home on a small holding with loads of room for her to run around, other animals for company and children to give her belly rubs.  She is going at the weekend and will be sorely missed by everyone that's been looking after her so well. We will be getting lots of updates from her new home though.

Lexi.

Poor old Lexi is going to be staying with her fabulous foster home indefinitely. Sadly we have discovered a large mass in her mammary glands and at her age we won't put her through any invasive treatment. She is happy where she is though so we will keep her here, pain free and comfortable for as long as possible. We will keep you updated with all of her progress.

Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support  facebook page.

Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support Website.

Dogs enjoying life on the beach.

When you lookup “happiness” in the dictionary, there will now be a reference to THIS video! Posted 5 days ago on YouTube, this video is taking the internet by storm. The story behind it is totally awesome! Apparently the Malibu Dog Training Company takes it’s students from their “off leash” program to the beach after graduation! Afterwards they clean them up, trim their nails, and bring them back to their owners!

The sole cat that accompanied them is the well known Didga, aka the world’s best skateboarding cat. What an awesome group this is!

Source I Love Dogs.

When you lookup “happiness” in the dictionary, there will now be a reference to THIS video! Posted 5 days ago on YouTube, this video is taking the internet by storm. The story behind it is totally awesome! Apparently the Malibu Dog Training Company takes it’s students from their “off leash” program to the beach after graduation! Afterwards they clean them up, trim their nails, and bring them back to their owners!

Read more at http://theilovedogssite.com/gone-viral-a-truckload-of-dogs-has-the-time-of-their-life-at-the-beach/#mVlItbZrXDfoy3We.99

Dogs Annoying Cats With Their Friendship. (Wordless Wednesday)

Pluto update.

We've got no new Dogues to feature this week so I've decided to give you all an update on what's going on.

Update on Pluto who was featured on 22/4/2014.

Wait till you see the transformation in Pluto!! All I can say is WOW!! Amazing what some food, love and TLC can do in a couple of weeks!

Well we knew going by the pictures that Pluto had gained weight but we didn't expect him to have gained a quarter of his body weight!! He has gained 5kg in two weeks!! Brilliant!!

Our newest Dogue de Bordeaux just come in.

Introducing Murphy. As you can see he is a gorgeous big boy, he is three years old and neutered. He is used to living with female dogs but not small animals. He has issues with one of his eyes which looks ulcerated possibly due to entropian which may need operated on. He also has another issue where he carries his head tilted on one side, possibly an inner ear problem so we will get that investigated too. This boy is going to need lots of extra tlc and rehab so won't be looking for a home for quite some time.

Previously featured Dogue's from Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support.

Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support  facebook page.

Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support Website.

Also one of our facebook friends does Digital Pet Portraits and donates half the money to SDDBS.

#Woof Support - Update Report.

Today is the third WOOF Support (Working Out Our Fears) Blog Hop hosted by Oz the Terrier and Wag n Woof Pets. The theme for this month  is WOOF Support Report.

As a lot of of you probably know from last months post we were getting a trainer out to work with Sheba on a 1 -1 basis, well you can read all about it below.

Redford Dog Services.

Dog training with a no nonsense attitude.

Description

Redford Dog Services was set up by professional dog trainer Ryan Redford. Ryan has worked in this industry for almost a decade now and in that time has gained a vast knowledge and experience in all areas of dog training and behaviour. Ryan specialises in dealing with problem and difficult to handle dogs. This could be dealing with problems from pulling on a lead to aggression issues. Ryan started off his career at some of the north west's leading establishments taking private training sessions dealing with a range of problems, Ryan also took group obedience classes a couple of times a week. Ryan doesn't have any qualifications involving dogs as the time spent in collage and then university would mean having to take time out from actually training dogs to sit and talk about dogs and what they do. Ryan has worked with many so called 'experts' and helped them in solving some of their biggest problem dogs, training with a no nonsense attitude.
The biggest problem for many people is not knowing how to communicate correctly with their dog, as dogs do not speak any language. Its our jobs as owners the learn how to communicate with our dogs in a way that they understand. Unfortunately recently there has been a huge increase in the number of dog trainers in the Merseyside borough as people love their dogs and our willing to part with big amounts of money as they are told exactly what they want to hear by one of the so called 'experts'(mentioned above). Ryan prides himself on always being honest and after dealing with customers that have spent thousands, yes thousands of pounds working with these 'behaviourists' he decided enough was enough!!
Redford Dog Services the home of no nonsense dog training. Call Ryan today to see what he is able to offer you and your canine companion, from pet dogs to working dogs no problem too big or small!!

Above write up taken from his facebook page Redford Dog Services.

I think there's only two words to describe Ryan and that's miracle worker, I'm sure he used to be a dog in a previous life he's that in tune with them and has taught us so much not just from a training perspective but also how Sheba thinks and what makes her tick.

When we first got in touch with Ryan this is the reply we got back.

Hi Ian, Thanks for the email. Your dog is a cross between two VERY powerful dogs and this is a behaviour that needs to be sorted A.S.A.P!! The best way to tackle this problem would be a one hour assessment during this time you will learn lots about your dog and why its displaying the behaviours it is. And of course the important bit how to stop it! I also offer a guarantee that I will improve your dog during this time if not you don't pay me!! Now I am in no way saying that I can fix this problem in one session but you will both learn an awful lot about how best to stop it!! I own to Rottweilers myself so I am very experienced with the breed, the price for the one hour assessment would be £30 and can be arranged at a time to suit yourself.

I'm usually a bit skepticle when people offer guarantees like that, but he is as good as he says he is.

During the first session Ryan recognised Sheba's problem straight away as lack of respect, she loves meeting new people and acts like a puppy around them and forgets her manners.

For once I was hoping sheba would be on her worst behaviour, so Ryan could see the full extent of the problem, and she didn't fail to respond Ryan brought a couple of his own dogs down to work with and as soon as Ryan's partner got one of his dogs out of the back of the van Sheba tried to lunge herself across the road after the other dog which took Ryan by surprise because he didn't realise the problem was so bad but gave him a good idea of what he was up against, the first  thing he done was to make us get rid of her gentle leader and work her with a check chain.

Sheba loves her check chain and whenever she hears the sound of me picking it up she comes running towards me with her tail wagging.

I've never been a big fan of check chains but it's getting the right results so that's what matters, I suppose it's a case of having the right tools for the job and than knowing how to use them correctly, I think most of the problems of check chains comes from people just walking into a pet shop and buying one without being shown how to put it on properly so it releases straight away instead of choking and being shown the proper way to use it, I still need practise myself to get the timing right  and to watch Sheba's body language more so I can correct her before she goes.

The training is going great after Sheba creating during the start of her first lesson Ryan had her lying down next to his dog with her tail wagging as if to say this is all I've needed just someone who understands me and who can show me the proper way to behave, the first lesson was great and it was lovely seeing her change for the better, as soon a Ryan took over the lead her body language just changed because she was being walked by someone in instead of me being nervous and tightening up on the lead whenever I see another dog, Ryan said as soon as I relax and take control of the walk so will Sheba learn to relax just to prove the point Ryan walked her and she was a different dog quite happy to trot at his side looking up to him for guidance. I will never forget the first time Ryan corrected her she just stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him as if to say what was that for I think that was the big turning point that showed she just needed the right guidance and pointing in the right direction.

Once Anne was walking her and they passed another dog, the other dog moved towards her and growled which used to be one of her triggers to have a go back, instead she just slowed down and had a sideways glance, I'm sure if she could speak she would of said to the owner get your dog under control.

She still has little mishaps but she's a lot quicker to get under control and the intensity is not as severe, with the use of the check chain for correction and her backpack to drain her energy everything is slotting into place nicely.

Sheba is loving the backpack and it calms her right down, we're away on holiday next month so she will be carrying her own water, water bowl, treats, ball and poo bags.

What have we learned over the last month.

1) The hardest part is admiting you have a problem, I suppose it's a bit like a drug addict or an alcoholic until you admit there's a problem and seek professional help it's hard to move forward.

2) Seek out a professional trainer/behaviourist, make sure you do your homework first and if possible get a reccomendation off a friend as in all walks of life there's good and bad, we looked around for a behaviourist a while ago but we couldn't afford them just because there expensive doesn't mean they are any good. 

Ryan trains dogs for the local security firms, and trains pets in his spare time, he puts the dogs first he might be cheap but he's good.

3) By taking Sheba to training classes we were probably making things worse by putting her in a situation that she didn't feel comfortable in, she is definately working better in a 1 - 1 situation.

4) I've been making matters worse by tensing up and turning around when we see another dog, Ryan said just go for it when you see another dog making sure you keep a slack lead and to keep a closer eye on her body language so we can correct her before she reacts. so we prevent the behaviour rather than trying to cure it once she's in full swing. So I've been the cause all along Sheba's probably been wanting to forget the past and move on and I've been preventing her from doing so.

5) And last but not least a big thanks to the WOOF Support group and everyone who participates in the blog hops I didn't realise reactive dogs were so common, knowing your not on your own and being encouraged to open up and talk about your fears without being judged is a great help.

Cody trying to open the front door.

Meet Lexi a Dogue de Bordeaux.

Meet the new girl on the SDDBS block. This is Lexi and she is a hugely overweight girl, we've not weighed her yet but she is very large so it will be a challenge to get her fit and happy. Despite this she is a very happy loving girl that is good with other dogs, cats and kids. She's been used for breeding and sadly no longer wanted. She's got an ear infection at the moment and her skin is not great but we think it's all related to just being very overweight and unhealthy. We will soon have her looking better though.

For more information please contact Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support facebook page.

or

Scottish Dogue de Bordeaux Support website.

Latest news just in.

Wonderful news for Bo, she has now found a home and won't be going far at all as her foster home has fallen in love with her and can't bare to part with her 

This is the Blog Hop that features shelter animals. Find a cat, dog, rabbit, etc. at your local animal shelter or rescue and feature them on this Blog Hop! Come join the fun and help a furry friend find a forever home! And while you’re at it, don’t forget to visit the other blogs and share their doggies, cats, rabbits, and all the other animals that need forever homes on your social media sites. Please spread the word!

The Tuesday’s Tails blog hop is hosted by Dogs N Pawz and Talking Dogs. This is the blog hop that features shelter pets. Find a pet at your local animal shelter or rescue and join us!

Sunday - Funday.

Happy May Day.

Happy Holiday everyone, With it being a long weekend and lots of people going away or taking days out and the weather warming up I thought this Infographic was very apropriate.

Have a great bank holiday and stay safe.

Infographic sourced from Kurgo Dog Blog.